# "Red Pill" warning in GD **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 14, 2018, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-pill-warning-in-gd/819588 "2018-08-14T13:03:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 119
**Author:** ![EasyPhil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47c2d/32.png) [@EasyPhil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EasyPhil)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-pill-warning-in-gd/819588/119 "2019-12-27T22:32:23Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > However, red pill is also a direct reference to the Matrix, and **Phil** ’s post was responding to another Matrix reference. I’m not a mod, but I was willing to overlook the other connotation since it was a direct response to a Matrix reference with another one. > > I’m not a moderator but I thought **BPC** ’s response was over the top and added nothing of value to a discussion about Carter Page. This is the correct analysis…To the “Red Pill” refers to metaphor where Neo chooses the “Red Pill” as opposed to the “Blue Pill” to become aware of what’s actually going on. To me this has nothing to do with groups that have co-opted the term for their own purposes. I was responding to a “Matrix” reference with a “Matrix” reference here’s the exchange… > [@Why did the FBI lie about Carter Page on the FISA warrent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-fbi-lie-about-carter-page-on-the-fisa-warrent/819524/22): > > There is no evidence. > [@Why did the FBI lie about Carter Page on the FISA warrent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-fbi-lie-about-carter-page-on-the-fisa-warrent/819524/23): > > There is also no spoon. > [@Why did the FBI lie about Carter Page on the FISA warrent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-fbi-lie-about-carter-page-on-the-fisa-warrent/819524/24): > > Try the Red Pill… > [@Why did the FBI lie about Carter Page on the FISA warrent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-fbi-lie-about-carter-page-on-the-fisa-warrent/819524/26): > > What, you mean the one that makes me a shitty, bitter, hateful misogynistic prick who happens to be totally wrong about everything all the time? > [@Why did the FBI lie about Carter Page on the FISA warrent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-fbi-lie-about-carter-page-on-the-fisa-warrent/819524/28): > > You don’t need a pill for that. Note that I got a warning for the last quote for making a personal insult. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-pill-warning-in-gd/819588)._